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Yakitate!! Japan (2004)
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Yakitate!! Japan (2004)
Original name: 焼きたて!!ジャぱん
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal. But plots abound...
Style: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Plot: cooking, bakery, ambition, baker, humour, direction and purpose, aspiration, ambitious, ambitious man, cooking and food, food, mathematics

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, entertaining, captivating and humorous films and TV series with plots about slice of life, humour, friendship, school, friends, high school life and schoolgirl mostly in Animation, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Yakitate!! Japan: Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2015), The Landlord is in Puberty (2016), Nerima Daikon Brothers (2006), Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015), Polar Bear's Café (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2015)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to ...
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Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (2018)
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Country: Japan
TV show
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The Landlord is in Puberty (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 2 min.
TV show
Story: Maeda-san is living alone in rented accommodations for the first time after finding employment. In his tiny, no-bath apartment he is visited by Chie Satonaka, who looks like the little sister he never had, but turns out to be the landlord of this ...
Style: anime, funny, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Plot: slice of life, cooking, middle school, high school life, student, japanese school, school, apprentice, neighbor, girl next door, everyday life, asian school
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41%
The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 3 min.
TV show
Story: A parody series featuring the entire cast of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in a smaller form factor. Among the changes are: Yuki plays eroge, Haruhi is even more obnoxiuous and loud, Mikuru is even more emotional and Koizumi harbors a deep love ...
Style: anime, parody, semi serious, funny, satirical ...
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40%
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Nerima Daikon Brothers (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: What's a band to do with no fame and especially no sold-out arena to perform in? How can they grab the cash they need to build the Concert Dome of their DREAMS?! Well they can't. But the NERIMA DAIKON BROTHERS sure as hell are going to ...
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Plot: problem solving, brother, joke, music, humour, brothers, financial problem, brother brother relationship, cousin cousin relationship, surrealism, panda
Time: 2000s
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40%
Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: After her grandmother passed away, high school student Ryō Machiko began living by herself. Although she recreated her grandmother's recipes perfectly, she felt that something was missing. However, when a girl named Kirin begins visiting her ...
Style: anime, contemplative, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Plot: food, friend, friendship, middle school, female protagonist, teenager, youth, friends, cooking, slice of life, apartment, eating
Place: japan
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Polar Bear's Café (2012)
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Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Pushed by his mother to stop lazing around the house, a Panda searches for a part-time job but has troubling finding one to accommodate his laziness. He soon stumbles upon the Shirokuma Cafe, run by a Polar Bear who is holding interviews for a ...
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Country: Japan
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Duration: 4 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Duration: 23 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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